Eastern Insurance Group News

Bank Completes Sale of Eastern Insurance to Gallagher

Eastern Bankshares, Inc., the stock holding company for Eastern Bank, has completed the previously disclosed sale of its insurance operations, which conduct business as Eastern Insurance Group, to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Under the agreement, Gallagher acquired Eastern Insurance …

Eastern Insurance Acquires Burns Agency in Massachusetts

Eastern Insurance Group announced it has acquired the John T. Burns Insurance Agency in Newton, Massachusetts. Family-owned since 1892, Burns Insurance offers personal auto and home insurance from carriers including Arbella, Safety, Plymouth Rock, Hanover, Quincy Mutual and Vermont Mutual. …

Eastern Insurance Acquires Michals Agency in Massachusetts

Natick, Massachusetts-based Eastern Insurance Group reports it has acquired the operating assets of Michals Insurance Agency, an insurance agency about 16 miles away in Watertown. Terms were not disclosed. The transaction marks the 35th acquisition of an independent insurance agency …

Eastern Insurance Group Acquires Assets of Massachusetts’ Auburn Insurance Agency

Eastern Insurance Group LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has acquired the assets of the Auburn Insurance Agency Inc., a full-service, family-owned insurance agency based in Natick, Mass. Founded in 1982 by President Janice Ryan, Auburn Insurance specializes …

Eastern Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ Southeastern Insurance Agency

Eastern Insurance Group LLC, a Natick, Mass.-headquartered, wholly-owned subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has acquired the assets of the Southeastern Insurance Agency Inc., a full-service insurance agency with locations in North Dartmouth and Hyannis, Mass. The deal is expected to provide …

Eastern Insurance Group in Massachusetts Promotes Tucker

Eastern Insurance Group has promoted Katelyn Tucker to vice president and benefits account executive at Eastern Benefits Group, the insurance firm’s employee benefits division. Tucker, who works out of the Wakefield, Mass., office, has been with Eastern Benefits Group for …

Massachusetts’ Eastern Insurance Hires Gross from Hanover Insurance

Eastern Insurance Group, a Natick, Mass.-headquartered subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has hired William F. Gross as executive vice president of commercial lines. Gross, who works out of the Natick office, brings more than 17 years of insurance and sales experience …

Massachusetts-Headquartered Eastern Insurance Group Hires Goyer

Eastern Insurance Group, a Natick, Mass.-headquartered subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has hired Mark J. Goyer as vice president and sales executive within Eastern Benefits Group, the insurance firm’s employee benefits division. Goyer, who works out of the Norwell, Mass., office, …

Eastern Insurance Group Acquires Chase and Lunt in Massachusetts

Eastern Insurance Group LLC, a wholly owned, Natick, Mass., headquartered subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has acquired the assets of the Chase and Lunt Insurance Agency LLC, a full-service insurance agency located in Newburyport, Mass. The deal, which combines the two …

Eastern Insurance Group of Massachusetts Hires Surette

Eastern Insurance Group, an insurance agency headquartered in Natick, Mass., and a subsidiary of Eastern Bank, an independent, mutually owned bank in New England, has hired William Surette as a senior vice president and sales executive. Surette is based in …